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The conflict in Gaza

Palestinians inspect shrapnel impacts to a wall of a United Nations-run school that was reportedly hit by Israeli artillery shells, at the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza. Palestinian health officials said at least 20 people were killed in the facility that was supposed to be a safe zone. Photograph: Wissam Nassar/The New York Times

Palestinians pass by shrapnel impacts to a wall of a United Nations-run school that was reportedly hit by Israeli artillery shells, at the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza. Photograph: Wissam Nassar/The New York Times

People wounded in an apparent artillery shell strike on a United Nations-run school wait for treatment at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, Gaza. Photograph: Wissam Nassar/The New York Times

Yasser Assaf leans on the shoulder of his wounded son Abdul Rahman, 14, at the Kamal Odwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, in northern Gaza. Many were injured when Israeli artillery fire reportedly hit a United Nations-run school in Jabaliya -- an attack that Palestinian health officials say killed at least 20. Photograph: Wissam Nassar/The New York Times

Palestinians stand atop the wreckage of a house, which witnesses said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City. Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters

A Palestinian man speaks with a firefighter as he points to damaged cars following what witnesses said was an Israeli air strike on his house in Gaza City. Photograph: Mohammed Salem /Reuters

A firefighter participates in efforts to put out a fire from the wreckage of a house, which witnesses said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City . Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters

People inspect damage around the fallen minaret of the Al-Sousi mosque that was reportedly destroyed in an Israeli attack at the Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza. Photograph: Wissam Nassar/The New York Times

A man standing atop the remains of a house, which witnesses said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike, reacts as smoke rises in Gaza City. Israel pressed ahead with its Gaza offensive saying it was days from achieving its core goal of destroying all Islamist guerrilla cross-border attack tunnels, but a soaring Palestinian civilian toll has triggered international alarm. Photograph: Mohammed Salem /Reuters

Israeli soldiers carries a shell next to a Merkava tank in a staging area, close to the Gaza border, in southern Israel. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

An Israeli soldier preparing Merkava tank shell in a staging area, close to the Gaza border, in southern Israel. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

An Israeli soldier on a Merkava tank in a staging area, close to the Gaza border, in southern Israel. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA